But considering I'm no great talent in the kitchen and this still came out better - than - okay, here's what I did: Started with onions, added garlic,
mild curry paste (instead of powder), and some chopped ginger.
INGREDIENTS Sea salt and rashly ground black pepper 1 cup basmati or wild rice 3/4 pound salmon fillet, skin off and bones removed A handful of raw shelled peanuts 1 clove of garlic A thumb - sized piece of fresh root ginger 1 fresh red chile A small bunch of fresh cilantro Peanut or vegetable oil 1 heaped tablespoon tandoori or
mild curry paste A handful of snow peas 1/2 can of coconut milk A handful of bean sprouts 1 lime
Not exact matches
A yellow
curry paste, colored with ground turmeric, is perhaps the
mildest among all Thai
pastes.
Similarly, the famous sambals range from simple chile sauces to
curry - like
pastes and are primarily used to spice up other dishes, such as
mild curries.
450 g smoked haddock fillets 85g Butter 1 tbsp sunflower oil, or vegetable oil 1 Onions, chopped 170g Basmati rice, rinsed 0.5 tbsp
curry paste, (
mild) 140 g frozen Peas, thawed (or fresh in season) 3 hard - boiled Eggs, chopped 2 tbsp Parsley, chopped 1 pinch black pepper To serve:
Different brands of
curry paste can taste differently and can be hotter or
milder.
I've used a different
curry paste every time, but I liked the yellow
curry paste version best, it was
milder, so more suitable for the kids and somehow fitted the potatoes better than the other
curry colors.
I used green
curry paste, I use that most of the times because is
milder than other sorts, so the children would eat it as well.
One teaspoon of red
curry paste turned out to be too
mild, so I added another teaspoon at the end before adding the meat and peas back into the sauce.
Panang
curry paste is
milder than red
curry paste and usually includes peanuts; look for it in the Asian section...
I used a
mild curry powder to make it, but you can easily make it spicier by using a hotter
curry powder or
curry paste, if that is what you have.
Whisk
curry paste into coconut broth mixture (or keep half of broth «plain» to make 2
mild bowls, and whisk 2 Tbsp.
To make the
curry a bit
milder, I used 1/3 cup
curry paste, substituted 1 1/4 cups yogurt for the 1 1/4 cups water, and added 3 tbs brown sugar (which was suggested in a different recipe).
Maybe not spicier than something you'd get at a restaurant, but far spicier than the
mild version of my homemade
curry paste.
Red
curry paste comes in
mild and medium, so buy according to your taste.